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The Election That Changed Ireland: 1918 and the Birth of the Dáil
In December 1918, Irish voters went to the polls in an election that would redraw the political map of the island. Sinn Féin, led by Éamon de Valera from prison, swept 73 of 105 Irish seats, turning the old Irish Parliamentary Party into a footnote. This episode unpacks how the conscription crisis, the Easter Rising's legacy, and the rise of Arthur Griffith's abstentionist party set the stage for the landslide. We meet Countess Constance Markievicz, the first woman elected to the British House of Commons—who refused to take her seat. We follow the elected Sinn Féin MPs as they…
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